Masara, Masāra, Masarā, Māsara, Masaram: 15 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Masarā (मसरा):—f. = masūra Linse [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Masāra (मसार):—

1) m. Sapphir [Hārāvalī 145.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Smaragd [Nīlakaṇṭha] (an einer Stelle auch Sapphir). masāragalvarkamaya [Mahābhārata 12, 1585.] [Harivaṃśa 8361.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 9, 18.] masāragalvarkanibha [3, 48, 12.] masāragalvārkakūṭān (masāragalvarkakūṭāni die neuere Ausg.) [Harivaṃśa 6917.] masāragalvarkasuvarṇarūpyaiḥ (susāra ed. Calc.) [Mahābhārata 7, 672.] [Nīlakaṇṭha] erklärt an einer Stelle (zu [7, 672]) galvarka durch padmarāga, in der Regel aber löst er das Wortin galu (= candrakānta) und arka (= sūryakānta) auf; zu [Harivaṃśa 6917] lässt er auch galva = candrakānta sein. —

2) Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit [Oxforder Handschriften 339,a,9.]

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Māsara (मासर):—n. ein besonderes gegorenes Gericht, eine Mischung der Brühe von gekochtem Reis und Hirse mit zerriebener Hefe, Gräsern u.s.w. Die Bereitung lehren [Kātyāyana] [ŚR. 19, 1, 20. 21] und [Mahīdhara] zu [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 1. -] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 14. 82. 20, 68.] m. Mehl von leichtgerösteter Gerste mit saurer Milch oder Buttermilch vermengt und mit Gras bedeckt [Sāyaṇa] zu [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa] [II, 652. 670.] Reisschleim [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 49.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 396.]

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Masāra (मसार):—

1) vgl. musāragalva .

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Māsara (मासर):—[VAITĀN. 30.] [Sp. 759, Z. 3 lies 20, 66.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Masarā (मसरा):—f. Linsen.

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Masāra (मसार):—und ka m. Sapphir oder Smaragd.

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Māsara (मासर):—n. ein besonderes gegorenes Getränk , eine Mischung der Brühe von gekochtem Reis mit zerriebener Hefe , Gräsern u.s.w. [Āpastamba’s Śrautasūtra 19,4.] Nach Andern m. Mehl von leichtgerösteter Gerste mit saurer Milch oder Butter sich vermengt und mit Gras bedeckt. Nach den Lexicographen m. Reisschleim.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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